September 8, 1900: The United States’ deadliest natural disaster occurs when a Catagory 4 hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas. Death estimates range from 8000 to 12,000.
September 8, 1945: Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WWII, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal. His attempt fails; later he is hanged
September 8, 1974 - President Gerald Ford pardons resigned President Richard Nixon for his crimes.
Sept 9, 1893: Esther Cleveland becomes the first presidential child born in the White House
September 10, 1897: London taxi driver George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after running his taxi into the side of a building.
September 14, 1959: The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
September 15, 1978: Boxer Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so.
**September 16, 1928 **: The 2nd deadliest hurricane in US history hits Florida. The Okeechobee Hurricane, also called the Forgotten Hurricane, killed between 2500 and 3000 people in the state.
September 16, 1620: The Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
September 17, 1382: Louis the Great’s daughter, Mary, is crowned “king” of Hungary.
Sept 19, 1950 – Duke Snider and Gil Hodges each hit two home runs and drive in a total of eleven runs, as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 14-3.
September 20, 1946: The first Cannes Film Festival begins.
September 20, 1973: The much-hyped “Battle of the Sexes” takes place in the Houston Astrodome, with tennis player and women’s-rights activist Billie Jean King defeating self-styled male chauvinist Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. Riggs, a retired tennis champion, had been critical of the quality of women’s tennis.
9/20/20 - Jay Ward, creator and producer of animated TV cartoons (Rocky & His Friends, renamed The Bullwinkle Show; George of the Jungle) was born.
September 21, 1938: The “Long Island Express” hurricane strikes New England, killing about 700.
September 25, 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa is the first European to reach what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
Unless you can believe Marco Polo.
Ok:
September 25, 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa is the first European to reach the western shore of what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
Sepember 25, 1915 – Lehigh Mountin Hawks win their football home opener over the Ursinus Bears, 20-0.
Never mind Marco Polo. I’ve read of a visiting Roman military officer mentioned in Chinese court records during the days of the Empire.